People from Fort Wayne take the Capitol Limited or Lake Shore Limited at Waterloo, Indiana, when they go to or from Chicago. Waterloo has a nice station and new parking lot. You could have a family member pick you up or take you there.
I think the Chicago to Fort Wayne to Columbus, Ohio HrSR which partially uses the former PRR mainline, is like a lot of other high/higher speed passenger rail projects; just waiting in the wings for funding. The oil industry wants us to keep driving cars and trucks, and building new highways. They managed to shut down the optimism we had in 2010 for new passenger rail. However, finally the IIJA does provide some funding, especially $22 billion for Amtrak, $24 billion for the NEC, and $12 billion to improve or add corridors by states or regional commissions. There is a lot of competition for the last item.
https://www.fwbusiness.com/fwbusiness/article_9b80c8d1-df8b-5bd5-9535-60de6649491e.html
Waterloo is only 25 miles away on existing Amtrak service route.
A while ago there was a proposal for a higher speed line Chicago to Columbus through Ft. Wayne but it was shot down.
The ex-PRR Chicago-Ft.Wayne route has been shortlined. I wonder if the ex-NKP would be a better route?
Is there any change AMTRAK will resume service from Chicago to Fort Wayne via the old PRR?
My wife and I visited our son and daughter in law in Fort Wayne and we drove---not pleasant.
Ed Burns
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